Research Scientist, RL for Autonomous Planning & World Modeling

📋 Description

• Participate in Waymo's Foundation World Model post-training and evaluation
• Research and develop cutting edge RL and Distillation techniques for Autonomous Vehicle Trajectory
• Integrate emerging research from the broader AI community into Waymo's internal RL infrastructure
• Partner with engineering and research teams across Waymo to share recipes, techniques, and

🎯 Requirements

• PhD or Masters in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a similar technical field; with
• Demonstration of original contributions to the field through high-impact publications (ArXiv
• Proficiency in implementing model training flows in a scalable, distributed and performant manner
• A willingness to work with complexity of globally distributed inference infrastructure

🎁 Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks